A finite element formulation for 3-D continua using the co-rotational technique

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3775-3792

  Moita, G F ^a   Crisfield, M A ^b  

^a FEA Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co rotational formulation; Continua; Incompatible modes; Incompressibility

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COROTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; INCOMPLETE MODES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030287883     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19961130)39:22<3775::AID-NME23>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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